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Have I been Flocked? – Check if your license plate is being watched

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Re: Have I been Flocked? – Check if your license plate is being watched

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Post by khannn »

user3939382 wrote: post #15

Can’t wait for the Flock Equifax/SouthParkWereSorry-esque breach announcement any day. I should start a betting pool w my friends.

Hello, we at Flock are very sad to announce that your data was leaked, but due to the fact that we operate in a legal grey area to get around laws and are nothing more than the domestic surveillance equivalent to a PMC operating overseas, we invite you get fucked

Re: Have I been Flocked? – Check if your license plate is being watched

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Post by KomoD »

ifh-hn wrote: post #59

Since the page is currently down and I have no idea what flocked means in the context of license plates, can I assume this is US specific?

"Flock Safety" is a company that makes "ALPR" cameras (automated license plate recognition, in reality they go far beyond just reading license plates), they've been getting a lot of attention recently because people are worried about privacy and abuse.

There's a bunch of articles about them here: https://www.404media.co/tag/flock/

Re: Have I been Flocked? – Check if your license plate is being watched

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Post by overfeed »

VoidWhisperer wrote: post #36
pilingual wrote: post #20

Put up billboards around metros with a license plate reader that queries this database with each passing car and announce "White Tesla Model Y XYZ-1234 You've been focked for: Inv" What a sick society we live in.

This unfortunately wouldn't work quite as well in states where cars arent required to have a front facing license plate (like florida)

Flock cameras are oriented to read rear plates. One would need a camera similarly configured + a billboard some distance in front, or perhaps 2 billboards, a 1-2 setup + payoff combo, the camera behind the first billboard, and the dynamic text on the second. Pulling up other public data correlated to the plate - where legal - may make a splash. I'm thinking addressing the car owner by their first name.

Re: Have I been Flocked? – Check if your license plate is being watched

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Post by ragequittah »

jwiz wrote: post #38
mertd wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's not very useful? For homeowners, the real estate transactions are public and majority of white collar people have LinkedIn accounts.

You're starting with the plate, getting the home, and then you can get the real estate info. Most people don't expect their identity to be discoverable from their driving.

Wait really? I feel like this was happening in the 90s. Now every car has a full gps spy system integrated to the point I barely trust that my conversation is private in a modern vehicle. But I guess if you think it's just your car company, Android, Apple, roadside assistance, the local police, and probably the music you're playing that can pin your location you're probably ok.

Re: Have I been Flocked? – Check if your license plate is being watched

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Post by NewJazz »

eastbound wrote: post #60
tossit444 wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, Workers free tier is 100,000 requests/day. Considering the error is on the main page, each visit is probably taking a minimum of 10+ requests, so it can easily be overwhelmed.

This is genius if you work in B2C and want to prevent your website from going viral.

Does Cloudflare let you set hard limits when you are on a paid plan? Or they just do it for the free tier?

Re: Have I been Flocked? – Check if your license plate is being watched

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Post by Ylpertnodi »

jwiz wrote: post #38
mertd wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's not very useful? For homeowners, the real estate transactions are public and majority of white collar people have LinkedIn accounts.

You're starting with the plate, getting the home, and then you can get the real estate info. Most people don't expect their identity to be discoverable from their driving.

Isn't that the whole idea of licence plates? So you're identifiable?

Re: Have I been Flocked? – Check if your license plate is being watched

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Post by stanac »

KomoD wrote: post #62
ifh-hn wrote: post #59

Since the page is currently down and I have no idea what flocked means in the context of license plates, can I assume this is US specific?

"Flock Safety" is a company that makes "ALPR" cameras (automated license plate recognition, in reality they go far beyond just reading license plates), they've been getting a lot of attention recently because people are worried about privacy and abuse. There's a bunch of articles about them here: https://www.404media.co/tag/flock/

I would also recommend Benn Jordan's YT channel, he has a couple of videos covering flock cameras. His latest one is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB0gr7Fh6lY

edit: grammar

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